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16062008060188Antwerp : Theatrum Orbis Terrarum 1606. Maps. Very Good. Ortelius' map of late 16th Mexico A handsome map in very good condition. Map under glass mounted in gilt frame. Map dimensions is 50 x 34 cm 19.5 x 13 inches in frame 66 x 51.5 cm. Double-page engraved map of southwestern Mexico. The map shows Spanish strongholds including Mexico City Lake de Bhapala Chapilacum Mare Guadelajara Tuxpan and Indian towns. Early hand-color. Large cartouche on upper right corner. Text in Latin. "The first printed real Map of New Spain" Wagner 119; Van den Broecke 13. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum unknown
1601M10202Antwerp 1601. Very Good. Notes: Latin text on verso.<br>Rare map of Japan. Korea is depicted as an elongated island. Size : 355x480 mm 13.98x18.90 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Reference: Marcel P. R. van den Broecke #165. Category: Maps Asia Far East Japan & Korea; unknown
1620M10729Antwerp c.1620. Very Good. Notes: Map of Italy by Abraham Ortelius based on Gastaldi. Size : 345x480 mm 13.58x18.90 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Reference: Van den Broecke 205 Category: Maps Europe Italy; Maps Mediterranean Islands; unknown
1612M3955Antwerp 1612. Very Good. Notes: With rare Spanish text on verso.<br>Map of Asia Minor Turkey Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean sea. Size : 322x230 mm 12.68x9.06 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Reference: Marcel P.R. van den Broecke #174 Category: Maps Asia Near East Turkey: Maps Mediterranean Islands; unknown
1606M8987Antwerp c.1606. Very Good. Notes: English text on verso. Size : 355x463 mm 13.98x18.23 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Reference: Van den Broecke 180. Category: Maps Asia Middle East Holy Land & Palestine; unknown
1660P5474Antwerp Belgium c.1660. Very Good. Notes: A mid-17th century print depicting inhabitants of Canada and their clothing. It is beautifully hand coloured. Costumes of Canada excerpt from the book Ecclesiastical History of the Whole World by Cornelius Hazart.<br> Image Size : 269x171 mm 10.59x6.73 Inches Platemark Size : Paper Size : 299x181 mm 11.77x7.13 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Medium: Copper Engraving Categories: Native Americans; hardcover
167768020à Cologne: Chez Pierre du Marteau 1677. Fine. Chez Pierre du Marteau à Cologne 1677 8.50 x 14 cm relié First edition under initials L.M.P. for ""le ministre prisonnier"". Title page with sphere. Contemporary full marbled brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands decorated. Brown sheep title-label. Slight lack at foot. One corner slightly bumped. Good copy perfectly fresh. In his memoirs written in Holland where he found refuge Wicquefort diplomat and intellectual takes up his pen to defend himself against accusations of high treason which earned him a sentence of life imprisonment. Famous diplomat first in the service of Mazarin then imprisoned for a writing on the relations of young Louis XIV with Mazarin's niece he finds refuge in Holland where he will inform France of the actions of foreign diplomats and ambassadors. In 1675 the Williamson Affair emerges: Wicquefort is accused of high treason after having sold secret dispatches to the ambassador of the English Crown Sir Williamson. He is arrested on March 25th and taken to prison. In 1676 he is condemned to life imprisonment after a resounding trial and to the confiscation of his goods. It is during his stay in prison that he writes these memoirs on diplomats ministers ambassadors and law in Europe. Wicquefort will manage to escape from prison in 1679. Chez Pierre du Marteau hardcover
1680FGN11-F-27Amsterdam: La Haye 1680. Vellum. Very Good. 6" by 3.5". None. A rare collection of 17th century diplomatic texts treatise negotiation and correspondence. This work provides important original sources and contemporary accounts of the Treaties of Peace of Nijmegen Négotiations de Nimegue or Négotiations de la Paix de Nimègue; Friede von Nimwegen. These series of treaties signed in the Dutch city of Nijmegen between August 1678 and December 1679 ended various interconnected wars among France the Dutch Republic Spain Brandenburg Sweden Denmark the Prince-Bishopric of Münster and the Holy Roman Empire. Text in French. Second edition. Scarce. In a full vellum binding with title inked on the spine. Externally sound with marks to boards. Internally firmly bound. pages are remarkably bright and clean for their age with the few handling marks or small spots confined to the endpapers. Front pastedown has a faded and partially removed ink inscription. Very Good La Haye hardcover
167717771Paris Ratisbonne: Frederic Leonard Jean Aubry. Very Good. 1677. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean contemporary vellum over paste-board with yap edges: lightly faded hand lettered spine. Text & hinges tight & intact. Interior is clean with light age toning & a rare spot. The author's "Histoire du gouvernement de Venise" was published in 3 parts. Lacks Part 1 with only title page bound in. Parts #2 & #3 are complete by themselves Part #2: 2 237pp 3 Table . Part #3: 12 211pp 39. Venice Italy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 448 pages . Frederic Leonard, Jean Aubry hardcover
167736147Sur la Copie a Paris: Chez Frederic Leonard 1677. Second French edition. Engraved title two parts continuous pagination. 24 550 38 pp. 1 vols. Sm. 12mo. Vellum. Title in pen on spine upper joint torn some soiling of binding light browning of text mostly marginal else a very good copy. Second French edition. Engraved title two parts continuous pagination. 24 550 38 pp. 1 vols. Sm. 12mo. Amelot de la Houssaye was secretary to the French embassy at Venice and his account of the Republic for the first time revealed the policy of the Venetian governement. When the book appeared the Venetian state complained to the French court and Amelot was sent to the Bastille for six weeks. Chez Frederic Leonard unknown
1677000208<p><strong>Probably a pirated copy of the original edition published by Léonard. Printed without the frontispiece showing St Mark's Square. </strong></p><p><strong>Description:</strong> Contemp. vellum spine lettered in ink. Vigesimo-quarto: 14 × 8 cm; pag.: 211 2.</p><p><strong>Provenance:</strong> Bookplate "Libro Liber. G H".</p><p><strong>Ref.:</strong> BSB: 10882446 10882435</p><p><strong>Condition:</strong> Covers slightly dusty and with some spotting spine title faded. Joints and endpapers in very good condition. Ink notations in a later hand on the history of this edition to front flyleaf. Pages slightly browned due to age occasional small stains. Top edge a little dusty small stain to fore edge and lower edge.</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong> Around 1669 Amelot de La Houssaye 1634–1706 was appointed legation secretary to the French ambassador in Venice. From this period he drew the information for his "Histoire du gouvernement de Venise" an unsparing description of the political constitution of the city-state published in Paris in 1676. After the publication the outraged protests of the Venetian ambassador led to La Houssaye being imprisoned in the Bastille. The scandal surrounding La Houssaye helped the work to become very popular so that he published a second edition with additions in 1677. The 'Supplément à l'histoire du gouvernement de Venise' provoked further protests from Venice so that the edition was finally banned in France. But even this ban only led to a greater demand for the book so that it was subsequently reprinted in secret. The note "Sur la Copie" on the title page but also the comparison of the types of printing used suggests that the present edition was not printed by Léonard in Paris.</p> Frédéric Léonard hardcover
1684elala472Amsterdam & Paris: Frédéric Léonard 1684. 1684. 4to. pp. 24 p.l. 432 18index 2errata. woodcut printers device on title. woodcut ornaments & initials. contemporary mottled calf gilt back gilt arms on covers of Lepinette Le Mairat Baron de Lustrac Olivier 379 spine ends worn some moderate browning & foxing. Second Edition of this political discourse on Tacitus in which the French historian and publicist Amelot de la Houssaye gives an analysis the character of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. The work was originally published in 1683 under the pseudonym La Mothe-Josanvel. cfCioranescu 7110. Hardcover. Amsterdam & Paris: Frédéric Léonard, 1684. Hardcover
168110510Wittenberg Christian Schrödtern 1681-1682. 3 volumes 52 1189 2378 columns 28 601 1202 columns 1 32 524 1048 columns 28 688 1376 columns 1 48 602 1204 columns 26 751 1502 columns 96 1 p. Blind-stamped Leather with 5 raised bands each board equipped with 5 brass studs Folio Facsimile Edition of the famous Bach Bible in 3 volumes all kept in a perfectly fitting wooden case decorated with gilt. The set contains a true and complete reprint of Bach's Bible being a German Bible with extensive commentaries by Abraham Calovius founded on the writings of Martin Luther. This is the first complete facsimile-edition of Bach's Bible published by the Dutch publisher Uitgeverij Van Wijnen after the original being preserved in Concordia Seminary Library St. Louis. Each volume contains Bach's handwritten monogram on the title page and the set contains a total of 348 additions by Bach. Among which many underlined passages -both in red and black ink- various corrections of typographical and grammatical errors but most importantly his comments in the margins. A unique glimpse into Bach's personal beliefs and how he understood his vocation. Wittenberg, Christian Schrödtern hardcover
16671375442London: Francis Kirkman 1667. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 4 64 pages. In Good condition. Bound in 19th century half green leather with marbled paper boards spine with gilt lettering. With morderate rubbing and shelfwear middle of spine with a spot where spine is peeling away. Gutter opening at title page with lower section of text block detaching from spine. Ink math to title page I2 verso. E4 with large tear to upper fore corner some loss to text on verso.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> All leaves trimmed close with some minor occasional loss. With nine instances of single word ink marginalia some with matching underlining some partially trimmed away.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> With the bookplate of Richard Brinsley Sheridan to the front pastedown. His signature on the title page.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Shelved case 0. ESTC R9308. Wing B445. Woodward & McManaway 8. Scarce with OCLC listing only 8 institutional copies of this state and no copies at auction since 1931. Another state of the edition with Thomas Dring named as publisher in imprint and with advertisement at bottom of A2v; this state lacks advertisement.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan 1751-1816 was an Anglo-Irish playwright writer and politician. He was the owner of the famed Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London and wrote several prominent plays including 'The Rivals' 'The Duenna' 'The School for Scandal' and 'A Trip to Scarborough.'. 1375442. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Francis Kirkman hardcover
162451428Köln Ioannis Gymnici Antonius Boetzer 1624 a. 1621-1640. Folio. 40 x 26 cm. Bound in 8 thick uniform contemporary full pigskin bindings over wooden boards. Raised bands and richly blind-tooled boards. Title labels with gilt lettering. Clasps missing. Spines a bit rubbed. Wear to some spine-ends. Some upper compartments with nicks one volume having a tear in leather at upper compartment. One volume with a small loss of leather to upper compartement. With engraved title-page engraved portrait of Baronius engraved portrait of pope Urban VII. More than 10.000 pp. Printed in double-columns. In general internally fine. <br/><br/><em>Baronius's monumental work with its continuation by Bzovius up to the year 1565 hailed by Roman Catholic writers as the greatest history of the church ever written and Baronius hailed as the "father of ecclestical history" 1-12 dealt with Anno 1-1198 and volume13 -20 Anno 1198-1565."The Annales were first published between 1588 and 1607. This work functioned as an official response to the Lutheran Historia Ecclesiae Christi History of the Church of Christ. In that work the Magdeburg theologians surveyed the history of the Christian church in order to demonstrate how the Catholic Church represented the Antichrist and had deviated from the beliefs and practices of the early church. In turn the Annales fully supported the claims of the papacy to lead the unique true church."Before Baronius was appointed Librarian of the Vatican in 1597 he had access to material and sources in its archives that were previously unpublished or unused. He used these in the development of his work. Accordingly the documentation in Annales Ecclesiastici is considered by most as extremely useful and complete. Lord Acton called it "the greatest history of the Church ever written"."Graesse I 296. - Brunet I 662-631. </em> hardcover
169555736Amsterdam: Be-veit ha-meshutafim Asher Anshil ben Eliezer ve-Yisakhar Ber ben Avraham Eliezer/ Moses Wiesel 1695. First edition. Hardcover. g to near fine. Small folio 30 by 18.8 cm. Collation: aleph-vav4 zayin2 = 26 numbered leaves. Full period brown paper boards re-backed with a brown leather spine with raised bands.<br /> <br /> Letterpress title-page with ornate floral woodcut device; additional engraved title-page mounted depicting Moses and Aaron along with six small biblical scenes within round borders all against an architectural background. Engraved folding map at rear mounted; main title with woodcut vignette; 14 half-page engraved illustrations in the text.<br /> <br /> This gorgeously illustrated work is the first edition of the famous and highly influential Passover Haggadah printed in Amsterdam in 1695. Simply known as the Amsterdam Haggadah this edition stands as among the most imitated and copied haggadahs in history and was the first to be illustrated with copperplate engravings. Previous illustrated haggadahs had used woodcuts. The popularity of these illustrations can be attested by the huge numbers of reprint editions over the centuries. There are 14 finely printed large in-text engravings plus the full page engraved title page showing Moses Aaron and Adam in the Garden of Eden. Some of these images illustrate the traditional content of the Passover seder and/or the exodus story while some are other biblical stories less directly related. Images include: the Rabbis of Bene Brak discussing the Passover story the four sons Abraham smashing the idols of his father Abraham welcoming the three angels Moses slaying the Egyptian overseer the rescuing Moses from the river Moses and Aaron coming to Pharaoh w/ staves turning to snakes the ten plagues the Egyptian army drowning in the Red Sea the Exodus the receiving of the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai the eating of the Pascal Lamb King David composing his psalms and finally an exterior view of the Holy Temple with the cityscape of Jerusalem in the background. All images are captioned underneath with relevant passages in Hebrew. The engravings were all created by Abraham ben Jacob a German convert to Judaism who had moved to Amsterdam although some sources over the years misattributed them to financier Moses Wiesel 6 of which were adaptations and/or modifications of previous images by Swiss artist Matthäus Merian 1593-1650 from his original work "Icones Biblicae" 1625-30.<br /> <br /> In addition to the in text engravings there is famously a phenomenal fold-out engraved biblical map of the holy land. Measuring a total of 19.5x11.5" the map shows the land of Israel the Sinai desert and Egypt in landscape orientation looking eastward towards the top of the map. It traces the journey of the Israelites starting with the Exodus from Egypt through the desert and into the Land of Israel. The map is detailed showing the areas of the twelve tribes important locations and cities as well as geographic features including the Red Sea Mount Sinai the Dead Sea the Sea of Galilee and many others. The map is decorated with additional illustrations near the bottom and includes a key. This beautiful work also by Abraham ben Jacob is considered among the earliest if not the first map of its kind to be printed within a Hebrew publication. It is now known to have been heavily based on the previously printed 1620 map in Hebrew by Jacob ben Abraham Zaddiq and Abraham Goos 1590 - ca. 1643 which itself was based on the map of 1590 by Christian Kruik van Adrichom Adrichem printed in Latin.<br /> <br /> Text throughout is printed in Hebrew with smaller text in Rashi script underneath containing famous commentary on the Passover Haggadah by acclaimed Portuguese Rabbi and scholar Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel 1437-1508. The verso of the title page contains the order of the Passover seder with brief instructions in both Ladino Judeo-Spanish and Yiddish Judeo-German a nod to the subtitle of Haggadah which references the both Ashkenazi and Sephardic traditions.<br /> <br /> This copy with binding in beautiful condition with being professionally restored includining spine re-backed to style. Book block tight. Interior with some staining to pages throughout from use. Binding in very good to near fine inteiror in good condition overall. Hebrew title: סדר הגדה של פסח ×›×ž× ×”×’ ××©×›× ×– וספרד <br /> Alternate transliterations: Seder Hagadah shel Pesah Seder Hagadah sel Pesah<br /> <br /> References: Friedberg 278 Fuks HTN II 521; Yudlov Haggadah 93; Vinograd Amsterdam 627; Ya'ari no. 59; Laor 876 Map; Nebenzahl pp.138-1389 Map; Yerushalmi plate 59-62; Rosenau "Vision of the Temple" p.135 146-7. Be-veit ha-meshutafim [Asher Anshil ben Eliezer ve-Yisakhar Ber ben Avraham Eliezer]/ Moses Wiesel hardcover
169555262Amsterdam: Be-veit ha-meshutafim Asher Anshil ben Eliezer ve-Yisakhar Ber ben Avraham Eliezer/ Moses Wiesel 1695. First edition. Hardcover. fair. Small folio 29 by 18.5 cm. Collation: aleph-vav4 zayin2 = 26 numbered leaves. Additional engraved title page engraved folding map at rear; main title with woodcut vignette; 14 half-page engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary quarter calf over dark brown pastepaper boards skilfully rebacked. Images of Moses and Aaron at engraved title excised the seven small engraved vignettes along with letterpress text of engraved title and imprint mounted on old paper. Old marginal repairs at main title resulting in slight loss of initial letters along right margin and several leaves; slight strictly marginal worming and occasional tears. Stained throughout sometimes heavily though not impairing legibility. Map mounted to reinforce tears with virtually no loss of text or engraved imagery apart from printed border at right side. A fair copy at best; despite all defects the half-page engraved illustrations have survived intact with minimal staining. Housed in new maroon buckram slipcase.<br /> <br /> First edition of this gorgeously illustrated work now referred to simply as the Amsterdam Haggadah. The first such work to be illustrated with copperplate engravings it ranks among the most imitated of the Jewish manuals for the Passover seder. The popularity of these illustrations can be attested by the huge number of reprint editions over the centuries. Fourteen finely printed half-page engravings appear throughout the text. Some of these images illustrate the traditional content of the Passover seder or the Exodus story while others reference other biblical tales. Images include: the Rabbis of Bene Brak discussing the Passover story the four sons Abraham smashing the idols of his father Abraham welcoming the three angels Moses slaying the Egyptian overseer the rescuing Moses from the river Moses and Aaron coming to Pharaoh w/ staves turning to snakes the ten plagues the Egyptian army drowning in the Red Sea the Exodus the receiving of the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai the eating of the Pascal Lamb King David composing his psalms and finally an exterior view of the Jewish Temple with the cityscape of Jerusalem in the background. All images are captioned with relevant passages in Hebrew. The engravings were all created by Abraham ben Jacob a German convert to Judaism who had moved to Amsterdam although some sources over the years misattributed them to financier Moses Wiesel 6 of which were adaptations and/or modifications of previous images by Swiss artist Matthäus Merian 1593-1650 from his original work "Icones Biblicae" 1625-30.<br /> <br /> In addition to the in text engravings there is famously fold-out engraved biblical map of the Holy Land in a notable format. Measuring a total of 19.5 by 11.5" the map shows the land of Israel the Wilderness of Sinai and Egypt in landscape orientation looking eastward towards the top of the map. It traces the journey of the Israelites starting with the Exodus from Egypt through the Sinai and into the Land of Israel. The map is detailed showing the areas of the twelve tribes important locations and cities as well as geographic features including the Red Sea Mount Sinai the Dead Sea the Sea of Galilee and many others. Additional illustrations appear near the bottom along with a legend. This beautiful work also by Abraham ben Jacob is considered among the earliest if not the first map of its kind to be printed within a Hebrew publication. It is now known to have been heavily based on the previously printed 1620 map in Hebrew by Jacob ben Abraham Zaddiq and Abraham Goos 1590 - ca. 1643 which itself was based on the map of 1590 by Christian Kruik van Adrichom Adrichem printed in Latin.<br /> <br /> Text throughout is printed in Hebrew with smaller text in Rashi script underneath containing famous commentary on the Passover Haggadah by acclaimed Portuguese Rabbi and scholar Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel 1437-1508. The verso of the title page contains the order of the Passover seder with brief instructions in both Ladino Judeo-Spanish and Yiddish Judeo-German a nod to the subtitle which references both the Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions.<br /> <br /> Provenance and annotations: Full page of text appx. 1500 words in neat Hebrew cursive at front endleaf which discusses aspects of the Haggadah text; inscription in German at front endleaf by Isidor Adler who mentions his friend Hermann Mechlenburg dated March 1906; old annotations throughout in at least two hands. In one notable instance the Hebrew phrase l'shana ha-ba'ah be-hamburg next year in Hamburg! has been added in fine block characters above the traditional phrase l'shana ha-ba'ah bi-yerushalayim next year in Jerusalem. Hebrew title: סדר הגדה של פסח ×›×ž× ×”×’ ××©×›× ×– וספרד <br /> Alternate transliterations: Seder Hagadah shel Pesah Seder Hagadah sel Pesah<br /> <br /> References: Friedberg 278 Fuks HTN II 521; Yudlov Haggadah 93; Vinograd Amsterdam 627; Ya'ari no. 59; Laor 876 Map; Nebenzahl pp.138-1389 Map; Yerushalmi plate 59-62; Rosenau "Vision of the Temple" p.135 146-7. Be-veit ha-meshutafim [Asher Anshil ben Eliezer ve-Yisakhar Ber ben Avraham Eliezer]/ Moses Wiesel hardcover
16191516Hantvverpen Antwerp: Hieronymus Verdussen 1619. First Edition in book form. Near Fine. Bloemart Abraham. 4to 8 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches 251 x 171 mm. ix pp 51 sheets on cream laid paper text in Dutch gothic letters. 50 numbered full page copperplate engravings of Christian hermit saints 25 male 25 female printed recto with text pages on verso. Full-page frontispiece for the work and with an additional full-page frontispiece for each of the two sections. Full contemporary vellum untitled with some handling discoloration but the vellum remains supple and the binding is tight. Pages clean and bright with a couple of foxing spots and a small brown stain on the 2nd frontis titled "Sacra Eremus ascetarum"; toned page edges. Previous owner's name and date in ink on front flyleaf and small pencil and ink notations inside back cover; bookplate of Buijnsters Smets pasted inside front cover.<br /> De Backer/ Sommervogel VII 194-5; Hollstein 355-403; Roethlisberger 163 ill. 262-317<br /> <br /> Full title: 't Bosch der Eremyten ende eremilinnen van Aegypten ende Palestinen met figuren van Abraham Blommaert door Ghristophorus a Sichem. Met kort verhael van een yders leven getrocken uyt het Vadersboeck door H. Jan van Gorcum Priesler ende H. R. Societatus sic Jesu. The Forest of the Hermits of Egypt and Palestine with illustrations by Abraham Blommaert engraved by Ghristophorus a Sichem. With brief stories of their lives taken from the book of the Fathers by H. Jan van Gorcum priest of the Society of Jesus. A fine series of engravings of the early Christian male and female hermits living in the Egyptian and Palestinian desert engraved in copper by Boetius A Balswert on drawings by Abraham Bloemart 1566 - 1651 the Dutch painter and engraver know mostly for his historical subjects and for being a central figure and teacher among the Utrecht Caravaggisti. <br /> Provenance: the library of the book- and art-historians Piet Buijnsters and Leontine Smets. Hieronymus Verdussen unknown
166472500Amsterdam: Dancker Danckertsz. 1664. 163 cm. vellum. 2 white frontispiece840 frontispiece 41-172title175-288 pp. 1 unnumbered textplate opposite page 153 157 numbered plates with plate 156 present twice probably because the accompanying text for this plate needs 2 pages. Bound with: frontispiecetitle3-32frontispiece25-6433-72 2 white pp. Pagenumbers 25-32 used twice so after the second frontispiece or page 32 pagenumbers are incorrect. 32 plates 1 folding. A good and complete copy though with some signs of use page edges and some browning of most plates. See pictures Dancker Danckertsz. hardcover
16679027Paris 1667. 8vo 17.5 x 12 cm. Abraham Bosse Sprinkled calf ca. 1700 sewn on 5 cords 3 attached to the boards the other 2 cut flush with the bookblock richly gold-tooled spine with black morocco spine label gold-tooled board edges brown sprinkled edges. With engraved allegorical title-print 45 full-page plate size mostly ca. 13.5 x 8.5 cm and 1 double-page ca. 16.5 x 15 cm engraved plates of faces hands feet ears and other parts of the human body a camera obscura battles landscapes perspective drawings human bodies and skeletons all intended as models for artists to follow. 47; 30; 4; 4; 11 2 added engraved prints. Highly interesting collection of five 17th-century print series one a set of plates for an illustrated book all in the field of art drawing and ornamentation. They seem likely to have been printed together sometime around or soon after 1688.Ad 1: A beautiful print series intended as plates for a manual to learn the art of drawing and painting ranging from images of the human body to battle fields by the famous French artist Abraham Bosse 1602-1676. In the event the plates were published on their own and the makeup varies from set to set. Ad 2: A numbered series of 30 engravings of ornamentation that could be used in sculptural architectural art and book illustration including putti grotesque masks garlands etc. Paolo Farinati 1524-1606 worked mostly in his native city of Verona. Ad 3: A series of 4 prints showing artists at work intended to illustrate art technique. Two are devoted to drawing and the other two are devoted to painting. These prints are often considered part of the larger series described here separately as ad 1.Ad 4: A beautiful series of 4 prints representing the four elements in the form of two male and two female figures elegantly dressed with various items related to the relevant element. Blum tentatively dates the series to 1630 making it one of Bosse's earliest mature works.Ad 5: A complete set of the plates made to illustrate the first and only edition of Pierre Bullet's work on surveying Paris 1688. With a few plates primarily in ad 2 spotted but otherwise a good copy. The binding is somewhat worn and the front hinge cracked.l BAL 494 ad 5; Berlin Kat. 4355 ad 2 1736 ed.; A. Blum L'oeurve gravé d'Abraham Bosse 358-387 ad 2 940-943 ad 4 1101-1152 ads 1 3; for Bosse: Thieme & Becker IV pp. 402-403. ABE CAT Architecture ABE CAT Art History hardcover
169219621692. Each a lithograph with hand coloring on watermarked Arches wove paper with a deckle edge. Each 16 1/4 x 12 1/4 412 x 312 mm; sheet 26 x 19 3/4 inches 661 x 502 mm each with full margins. Specimens include Alliarai; Ellebore; Lunaria; Sisymbrium. There are two impressions of each Alliaria Ellebore Lunaria and one impression of Sisymbrium. WITH: one reproduction of a floral composition by Joseph Redouté. Each printed later likely 20th century. Each in generally good condition with minor age tone. unknown
164340393Paris: Pierre De-Hayes. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1643. First Edition. Full stiff vellum. Diagrams; 12mo ; BOSSE Abraham 1604-1676 artist and engraver. Girard DESARGUES 1591-1661. La Maniere Universelle de Mr. Desargues Lyonnois Pour Poser L'essieu & placer les heures & autres choses aux Cadrans au Soleil. Paris: Pierre Des-Hayes 1643.8vo 175 x 125 mm. Two frontis'. Engraved allegorical title-page engraved dedication engraved title-page 66 engraved plates. Some staining some annotations. Contemporary stiff vellum some soiling some light wear book sellers description pasted to front flyleaf. FIRST EDITION of this important manual for setting up sundials including many engraved diagrams of sundials by artist and engraver Abraham Bosse. Berlin Kat. 4716; Brunet I 1127; Cicognara 817; Fowler 56. Property from the Thomas Sills Trust Chicago. Illinois. The entire book is bound in full entire stiff vellum. It is preserved in a neat library Thomas Sills Trust folder. No library markings on the book or in the text. . Pierre De-Hayes hardcover
16362226<p>Le Blond 1636. Etching. A good impression on paper without a watermark. Trimmed just showing the platemark all around. 259mm x 324mm. G.D. 1080 Blum 154 only state Paris/Tours 2004 No. 128</p> Le Blond,
16671000441667. Paris Abraham Bosse 1667. Engraved frontispiece 87220pp. With an engraved dedication page. 8vo. Contemporary full mottled calf spine and corners expertly restored. Some browning. Bound in at the end the last 20 pages are: 1 - A. Bosse au lecteur sur les causes qu'il croit avoir euës de discontinuer le cours de ses leçons geometrales et perspectives dedans l'Academie Royale de la Peinture et de la Sculpture & mesme de s'en retirer. Paris A. Bosse 1667. 15pp. And: 2 - Discours tendant a desabuser ceux qui ont creu que l'Auteur d'un Traité qui a pour Titre Entretiens sur les vies et sur les ouvrages des plus excellens peintres anciens et modernes; avoit pretendu m'attaquer dans sa Préface. Paris A. Bosse 1667. 4pp. This scarce book is written in the form of a dialogue between Ariste an amateur who would like to build an architect a painter a "disciple" and the author himself. All the representatives of these different arts are asking for Bosse's advice. This allows Bosse to express once again his ideas regarding perspective in painting and architecture. Abraham Bosse who was born in Tours in 1602 is best known as an engraver but he was also the first professor of perspective at the newly founded Académie Royale from 1648 to 1661 when he was forced to leave due to disagreements with other Académicians. The two addresses that follow the book explain why in Bosse's own opinion he had been forced to leave his lob at the Académie and they also respond to comments made about Bosse by Félibien in the preface to the first part of the latter's Entretiens published a year earlier. c.f. Cicognara 91; Berlin cat. 2381; Abraham Bosse Savant Graveur # 310 311 & 312. unknown
1648001623Paris: Pierre Des-Hayes 1648. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. xviii 342 pages of text. Defective copy lacking five plates the frontis and a final engraved table. Attractive early-to-mid-18th century leather binding with moderate wear to the hinges spine extremities and corners. Raised bands gilt tooling and lettering on spine. Decorative marbled endpapers and blank endsheets supplied at time of binding. Present is the full-page engraved portrait of Michel Larcher engraved armorial dedication to Larcher and the engraved title page following page 58. A complete copy has the plate numbers 151 and 156 used twice totalling 158 plates showing plans and designs of perspective of which 153 only are present in this copy. Lacks plate numbers 110 151 both 154 and 155. However early hand-drawn facsimiles of plates 151 one of two and 155 are supplied and bound-in leaving three images unrepresented. The majority of the plates are double-sided. Plate 156 is in less than good condition with heavy staining and soiling. Engraved title page is repaired with early conservator's tape with no loss. Pages 168 through 193 are bound out of order. Several leaves are affected by damp staining and minor rippling; approximately 15 front and 30 rear. The title page and several adjacent leaves as well as a few at the rear of the text are heavily stained. Some of the staining appears to originate from washed-out markings -- notations to which an attempt at removal were made -- that are in blank areas mainly in the front and rear pages but also in the blank areas in the introduction. Includes Desargues New Theory at the end with demonstrations. Protected in a modern circa 1950 slipcase decorated with marbled endpaper the seams of which are detached at the top edge. Desargues 1593-1661 was a French mathemetician and a founder of modern Geometry. With Pascal he introduced the method of perspective; treated conic sections as projections of circles formulated the so-called Arguesian transformation; developed the theory of involution and of transversals; defined parallels as lines that intersect at infinity. Measures 6-5/8" tall by 4-1/2" wide; printed on thick paper with ample margins. 20th century bookplate of Paul and Verner Mac Alister on front pastedown and a neatly handwritten identification on the 2nd front endpaper. On the same leaf is a contemporary name or marking. French France Fortifications Conics Cartography Projective and Descriptive Geometry. Early editions of Desargues works are quite uncommon. Pierre Des-Hayes Hardcover
